[HIGHLIGHTS] Separatists in Transnistria ask Russia for “protection”

Separatists in Transnistria ask Russia for “protection”. For EU accession candidate Moldova, this news is likely to fuel fears of Russian aggression on its territory.

Russia has already stationed its own soldiers in TransNistria for decades. The region has seceded from Moldova since the 1990s. The Russian Foreign Ministry announced in the afternoon that the responsible ministries wanted to examine this application. “Protecting the residents of Transnistsria, our compatriots, is one of the priorities,” said a statement from the Russian Foreign Office.